Hitler's Mistakes During World War Two In the beginning of the war Hitler seemed unbeatable. By 1941, Hitler had used his blitzkrieg attack to overcome his opponents in a short space of time. This offensive was effective and successful against Poland, Holland, and France. Hitler still had to make some crucial decisions in the war if Germany were to be victorious. In this essay I will explore the decisions Hitler made and decide whether these were appropriate decisions or foolish decisions. Hitler’s decision to invade Russia on the June 22nd 1941, as opposed to the planned January 1941 proved fatal. This took the wind out of Germany’s sails and proved costly. The Russian troops were able to drag on the war to the winter of 1941. The harsh Russian weather proved unbearable for the German troops. Therefore Germany failed to overcome Russia (1941) because of the timing of the invasion. The reason Hitler postponed the invasion of Russia was because he did not see Russia as a challenge for Germanys lightening speed blitzkrieg attack. Hitler thought that he would be able to defeat Russia in a sort space of time. This was a mistake on Hitler’s behalf as this proved damaging. At the same time as Hitler had first planned to invade Russia, Germanys allies, Italy, were attacking North Africa and were in need of resources and troops. Hitler used Germanys troops and resources to help his Italian allies overcome North Africa. Hitler would not be able to invade Russia at this time; he would be disadvantaged due to lack of resources and troops. However this cannot be classed as Hitler’s mistake but an allied weakness, which had a great effect on... ... middle of paper ... ... is what lost the war for Germany. Looking back on the war as a historian it is clear that in the years of 1941 and 1942 things started to wrong for Germany due to Hitler’s decisions. Early signs of things going against Germany was defeat in the Atlantic, considerable loss of troops in Russia and America declaring war on Germany. These were the first signs of things going against Hitler. After 1941 things went downhill. Large scaled allied attacks on Germany began and America won the naval battle of midway. After this it was as though Germany had a gaping whole in it inviting Britain and America to take back land Germany had gained during the war. After Britain and Americas attacks there was no way back for Hitler, Russia proceeded into Berlin the heart of the nazi rule. Hitler’s nazi rule had come to an end.
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Adolf Hitler, born in 1889, is an Austrian born man who is known for his instigation and participation in the Nazi Political movement, or genocide, known as the Holocaust. Throughout his later life, Hitler spent the majority of his time organizing discriminatory laws that prevented Jewish citizens’ basic rights and ultimately their demise. However, before he advanced such laws and politics, he served as the Head of State, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, until he became the Fuhrer of Germany’s Third Reich which began in 1933 and ended in 1945 (Jewish Virtual Library). His actions were fueled by an unrelenting and strict hate for the Jewish community, better known as anti-Semitism, much like the vast majority of Eastern countries. Both
The setting was perfect as the people of Germany were primed and ready for any leader that would tickle their ears with what they were wanting to hear. World War I was over (#4) and the people of Germany were in an economic depression that crippled the country. The German mark had lost so much value that it took a wheelbarrow full of money to buy a loaf of bread. A good portion of the youth in Germany were raised in fatherless homes. In an article written by Dr. Alice Hamilton, she says this about Hitler's youth: "They were children during the years of the war when the food blockade kept them half starved, when fathers were away at the front and mothers distracted with the effort to keep their families fed. They came to manhood in a country which seemed to have no use for them. Even compulsory military training was no more and there was nothing to take its place" (Perry et. al 358). Hitler, being the sleazy opportunist that he was, capitalized on this state of affairs. In ways that were not politically correct, he was able to influence this segment of the population and hold them in allegiance to his agenda. "Hitler made each insignificant, poverty stricken, jobless youth of the slums feel himself as of the great of the earth, since the youth was a German, a Nordic, far superior to the successful Jew who was driven out of office and counting house to make place for the youth and his like" (Perry et. al 359). The following is an example of how Hitler coerced and manipulated people and how we as managers and leaders can learn from his mistakes. This essay will also address how we can effectively influence people and earn their loyalty. In order to effectively influence peopl...
Hitler’s personal drive to expand Germany’s borders across Europe while putting dominance on what he determined to be ‘inferior people’ was the main contributing cause of World War II. In my opinion, All four parts of MAIN were very involved in contributing to the cause of World War II. Hitler used military might to conquer and divide Poland with the Soviet Union. This caused Western allied retaliation towards Germany. He also used military power and intimidation to accomplish his goal of Germany’s expansion. Hitler allied Germany with Italy and Japan by the sharing in the common goal of conquering other nations. Hitler’s imperialist drive continued further in the breaking of his alliance with Stalin. This resulted in sending German forces to conquer the Soviet Union to capture more land for Germany. With Germany, Italy, and Japan, Hitler created an intimidating alliance of imperialist powers that called for an immediate unity of western nations ready for military retaliation. German Imperialism on Europe is the main reason for allied retaliation. Hitler’s nationalist ideas were used as reasons by him to stretch out his land. Out of each part of MAIN, militarism is proven to be the most important contributing cause.
A.J.P. Taylor believes that Hitler did not plan or desire for a world war to occur. Many historians have judged Hitler’s intentions when preparing his military as deliberate proof of his strategizing for an expansive war. The justification for Hitler's military plans according to Taylor, was that he viewed other countries as a threat to him and the restoration of Germany. As a result, both sides believed the other was preparing aggressively against them. Germany, Britain, and many other countries directed their generals to prepare for war. Taylor uses this to prove that Hitler’s preparation was not peculiar, or specific to only Germany; everyone during that time was preparing for a possible war.
Hitler's Aims and Actions as the Cause of World War II When considering the reasons for the outbreak of war in 1939 it is easy to place the entire blame on Hitler’s aggressive foreign policy in the late 1930s. One British historian, writing a few years after the end of the war, claimed that ‘the Second World War was Hitler’s personal war, in that he intended it, he prepared for it, he chose the moment for launching it.’ In this assignment it is my intention to show that Hitler’s foreign policy was a major factor in causing the conflict but that other reasons, both long term and short term, need to be recognised as well. Probably the first factor that need considering is the Treaty of Versailles, of 1919.
Hitler's Effective Control Over Germany From 1933 to 1945 the Nazi party of Germany ruled over the German population. The Nazis (National Socialist Party) were ruled by Adolf Hitler. The Nazis main aim was to make Germany into a stronger more powerful country and Hitler also led Germany into the destruction of the country by leading them into the Second World War. How was Hitler able to do this?
“By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise,” Adolf Hitler once declared. In the lexicon, propaganda means “information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement...” (Dictionary.com). During World War 2, most of the countries exhibited some form of it because as Hitler explained, it could easily influence people, and they used it as a weapon of war. However, although propaganda in the Second World War was beneficial, it wasn’t a morally correct way to gain support from people for their countries.
Hitler and the Road to War At this time Germany was becoming too populated for her own stability. Her population had come to a level that Germany could not longer feed and support them without huge imports. She a lack of resources anyway and with the further deduction of land after Versailles this became even more of a problem. When Hitler laid out his plans, in his book; Mein Kampf, he showed that he understood the problems Germany faced. He wrote what he believed was to be their solution; "Germany must find the courage to gather our people and their strength for an advance along the road that will lead this people from its present restricted living space to new land and soil, and hence also free it from the danger of vanishing from the earth or of serving others as a slave nation.
Ian Kershaw is correct when he argues that while Hitler was responsible for the execution of the German foreign policy that inevitably led to World War II, Hitler was not free from the influence of outside forces. Kershaw, a professor of history at the University of Sheffield, is a structuralist. Structuralists generally believe Hitler cannot be held solely responsible for World War II and that he was “was a product of the environment he helped to create”. When it comes down to specifics, the structuralists tend to emphasize different aspects; for example, one may focus on the effects of socioeconomic pressure while another may focus on the lack of a coherent plan (343). Kershaw’s article draws from many aspects of structuralism and delivers a sufficient comprehensive argument in his excerpt.
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In the early months of 1941 the world was at war. Not all countries where involved in combat since the war was primarily focused on Europe, but many countries outsi...
The Responsibility of Hitler for World War Two In this essay I will be looking at the main causes of World War 2 and deciding whether it was all Adolf Hitler's fault that it began. I will be looking at things Hitler did, other causes and then concluding with my opinion. In some ways the war was Hitler's fault.
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The first of which is the drive for a single race Germany. Most of the